Johnson thanked townsfolk for looking after tourists, including 200 Britons, who were stranded in the town after the quake and for teaching him a Māori greeting called a hongi, in which people press noses together. “I think it’s a beautiful form of introduction, though it might be misinterpreted in a pub in Glasgow,” Johnson joked, in a reference to a head butt. Nathan Guy (@NathanGuyOtaki) Pleasure to show Boris Johnson around Kaikoura this morning. Tolkien, author of “he Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, which were filmed in New Zealand. Johnson was described by the New Zealand media as the eccentric “flamboyant, blonde tousled-haired former mayor of London”.

Source: The Guardian July 24, 2017 04:52 UTC